All Chapters of The Lycan king's Forbidden Obssesion: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

31 Chapters

Chapter 21: The Dinner

We sat across from each other, and neither of us spoke. The silence was heavier than any words.A servant came to my room the evening after my conversation with Ramona, and she was not carrying the usual tray of bread and cheese.She stood in the doorway with her hands folded in front of her, and she would not look at me when she spoke, like the message she was delivering might get her in trouble if the wrong person heard."The king requests your presence at dinner," she said. "In his private dining room. Just the two of you."I wanted to say no. I wanted to press my back against the headboard and pretend I had not heard her, the way I had pretended so many times when I was a child when something scared me. Hiding had kept me alive, and it had been my shield for as long as I could remember.But Ramona's words were still fresh in my mind, and they echoed in my ears like a bell that would not stop ringing. "You will need to be more than a weakness if you want to survive this place."Hid

Chapter 22: The second Nightmare

I woke up screaming. This time, he was there.The dinner with Alejandro stayed with me long after I returned to my room. His words echoed in my head, and I could still feel the warmth of his golden eyes on my face. I could still hear the low rumble of his voice when he said, "I do not know how to be good, but I am trying." I lay in bed that night with the cloak wrapped around my shoulders and the note still in my pocket. I stared at the ceiling and wondered if I was brave enough to believe him.Sleep came slowly, and when it finally came, it brought the nightmares with it.The dream came without warning, and it swallowed me whole before I could fight it.I was standing in my childhood home again, but this time, everything was wrong. The walls were dripping with water, the floorboards were rotting beneath my feet, and the air smelled like blood and sickness and something else, something that reminded me of death. The cottage that had once been filled with my mother's warmth and the sce

Chapter 23: The warning

The morning after Alejandro stayed in my room, I woke to find him gone.The space beside me was still warm, and the indent of his body was still pressed into the mattress, and I could smell him on the pillows, like snow and smoke and something wild that I was starting to recognize. I lay there for a long time, staring at the ceiling, and I tried to remember the last time I had woken up without fear pressing down on my chest, but I could not remember.But this morning was different. The nightmares had come, and they had been worse than before, but Alejandro had been there. He had put his hand on my back, he had stayed, and he had not left even when I fell asleep again. I did not know what that meant, but I knew that something had changed, and I did not know if that change was good or bad.The fire had been relit while I slept, and the room was warm. The tray of food on the table was fresh. There was bread and cheese, a cup of tea that

Chapter 24: The frozen river

Three days passed after Camila's warning, and I could not stop thinking about her words. "He will destroy you. Not because he wants to, but because he does not know how not to." They echoed in my head every time I closed my eyes, they followed me through the halls, and they sat beside me in the silence of my room. But Alejandro had stayed. He had put his hand on my back, he had lain beside me, and he had not left even when I fell asleep. That was not nothing. That was something I had never had before, and I did not want to let it go. Every time I started to doubt him, I remembered the warmth of his hand and the low rumble of his voice when he said, "I do not know how to be good, but I am trying."The castle had started to feel less like a prison and more like a place where I might eventually belong. The nobles still whispered when I walked past, and Felipe still smiled with those cold golden eyes, but something had shifted. The guards

Chapter 25: The mother's gratitude

I spent the night drifting in and out of sleep, with my body fighting off the cold that had seeped into my bones.The fire burned high in the hearth, and the blankets were piled thick on top of me, but I could not stop shaking. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the boy sinking beneath the ice, and every time I opened them, I saw Alejandro's face hovering above mine, his golden eyes wide with fear. The memory of his hands on my face and his forehead against mine stayed with me long after he left.He had stayed until I fell asleep. I remembered his hand on my face, the warmth of his palm, and the low rumble of his voice when he said, "Do not ever do that again." Then he was gone, and I was alone, and the room was quiet except for the crackling of the fire and the distant howl of the wind outside.I woke to a knock on the door.It was not Camila's rare soft knock, and it was not a guard's heavy fist. It was something in between, hesitant but d

Chapter 26: The new room

Three days passed after Doña Beatriz's visit, and my body was finally starting to heal. The shaking had stopped, the color had returned to my skin, and I could walk from my bed to the window without feeling like I was going to collapse with every step I took. The cold was still in my bones, but it was fading, and the cough that had rattled my chest was getting quieter.The boy Mateo had come to see me once. He was shy and quiet, with his mother's hand on his shoulder. He had thanked me in a small voice, and I had told him that he did not need to thank me, that I was just glad he was alive. He had hugged me before he left, quick and fierce, and I had felt something warm spread through my chest.The nobles still whispered when I walked past, but something was different now. Some of them looked away when I caught their eyes, and some of them nodded, with just a small dip of their heads. Some of them still sneered, but there were fewer of those now. The story had spread through the castle

Chapter 27: The Mate Bond

The morning after I moved into my new room, Ramona came to visit me.She tried to walk inside without knocking as usual, like she had lived in my room for years instead of just visiting. But the door did not open and she had to knock.When I opened the door, she had a face of surprise, because she must have expected the room to be the same as the previous one. But it was not.She walked in, with her silver braid hanging over her shoulder. Her grey eyes were sharp as always, but there was something softer about her today, something almost gentle. She carried a small wooden box in her hands, carved with symbols I did not recognize, and she set it on the table by the window before she sat down.She looked around the room, at the big fire burning in the hearth, at the window looking out over the mountains, and at the bed with its soft blankets and plump pillows. She nodded, like she approved of what she saw, and then she sat down in the chair by the window and looked at me."You are settl

Chapter 28: The Dungeons

The ring stayed on my finger for three days.I did not take it off, not even when I slept, or when I bathed. The silver was warm against my skin, and the weight of it was comforting, and every time I looked down at my hand, I thought of Alejandro's mother and the life she had lived and the son she had left behind. I caught myself touching it sometimes, twisting it around my finger, and I did not know if that was a habit or a need.Ramona had told me that the ring was a symbol of the bond, but it felt like something more. It felt like a promise, and I did not know if I was ready to make promises, but I was not ready to let go of it either. Every morning when I woke up, I checked to make sure it was still there, and every night before I fell asleep, I pressed it against my chest and thought about the king who had given it to me.On the fourth day, I went looking for Alejandro.I found him in the throne room, alone, sitting on his throne with h

Chapter 29: The poison Pt 1

Alejandro finally broke the silence."Let's go back now. We've done enough tours for today."I nodded. Because I was already exhausted both from walking and seeing this dungeon.Alejandro walked me back to my room, stood for just a bit at my door, as if he was thinking hard whether he should stay or not. I could feel his eyes looking down at my body with strong desires and needs. But his facial expression showed that he was fighting to push his desires down, and he had to move before they took control over him.He said goodnight, turned and left in quick steps.I walked into my room, sat on the bed, and pressed my hands to my chest that was pounding so hard. I thought of how he looked at me. Like he was tired of holding back his desires, and he was ready to feel every inch of my body, and claim me as his fully. I thought of how his lips had claimed mine, the first night he touched me, before he stopped himself. I touched my lips, and

Chapter 30: The poison Pt 2

Alejandro's voice came from far away, muffled, like I was hearing it from underwater. I tried to answer, but my tongue was heavy, and my lips would not move."Someone help her!" Another voice yelled. That was Doña Beatriz's voice, sharp with fear. I heard chairs scraping against the floor and footsteps running toward me."Serena, stay with me."Alejandro's face appeared above mine, his golden eyes wide with panic, and his hands were on my face, warm and shaking.I tried to say something, but the darkness was already swallowing me, and then there was nothing at all.I woke to the sound of roaring.It was not an animal roar, and it was not thunder. It was Alejandro's voice, low and loud and full of rage. It echoed off the stone walls and shook the chandeliers and sent the nobles scrambling for the doors."Who did this?" he shouted, and his voice was ice. "Who poisoned her?"I tried to open my eye

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